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Saturday, 27.04.2024, 03:24
Number of ship passengers at Riga Port climbed by 45.4% in 7 months
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Of these people, 57,779 were cruise ship passengers. Their number increased
by 33.1% against the first seven months of last year.
The Riga Freeport Administration said that 54 cruise ships visited Riga
during the active cruise season.
As reported, Estonian ferry operator Tallink
now has two ferries - the Isabelle and the Romantika - on the Riga-Stockholm
route.
Previously only one ferry was running on the route every other day but in
December 2016 the cruise ferry Romantika started operating as a second ship on
the Riga-Stockholm route, and now there is daily ferry service between Riga and
Stockholm.
In 2016, the number of passengers served at the port of Riga reached
581,601, growing 10.5% compared to 2015.
Riga is the largest Latvian port in terms of both freight and passengers.
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